Several recent grants from different state and federal agencies totaling $545,000 are flowing to Cuchara Mountain Park southwest of Walsenburg. That includes a $195,000 grant from the Colorado ...

When Panadero Ski Area shuttered in 2000, much of the tourism in the nearby mountain town of Cuchara went with it. But persistent collaboration between the local community and state entities led to ...

Lifts haven’t turned at the old ski area since 2000, but Huerfano County owns the 50-acre Cuchara Mountain Park at the base of the mountain southwest of Pueblo. The park provides public access to the ...

The goal of getting a long-dormant chairlift running again came up short in 2022. Still, the nonprofit aiming to revive an abandoned ski area in southern Colorado counted the year a success. Panadero ...

Control of a ski area revival in southern Colorado could shift following a recent decision by Huerfano County commissioners. Two of the three voted to pursue transferring Cuchara Mountain Park back to ...

CUCHARA – Mike Moore was in the galley kitchen of his bed-and-breakfast last summer preparing eggs for his guests in this southern Colorado village, when he overheard a pair of visitors discussing ...

The Cuchara Mountain Park could have one lift up and running this winter, which would provide an affordable downhill option in Huerfano County. Photo courtesy of Spanish Peaks Country The Local ...

Dreams are inching closer to reality in a rural southern Colorado community, where a former ski resort sat abandoned until 2017. That’s when Cuchara Mountain Park opened, following a grassroots effort ...

Huerfano County wants a partner to help revive Cuchara Mountain Park, but it won’t be a pair of Florida investors proposing an adventure park for the ski area where lifts have not turned since 2000.

It's been the longest wait, their whole lives, in fact. But Race Lessar and Landen Ozzello are finally right where they want to be, on a snowy slope close to home, molding snow into a ski jump. Their ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Tucked along a curvy street in southern Colorado is a lost ski hill that will soon offer the promise of family-friendly skiing with less traffic than I-70, ...